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NINJA Question –

Tried to find this answer on the NINJA website but there is no info at all on this which really surprises me given that they market a product…

So what is “adaptive learning”?

How does it work?

I am doing the MCQs over and over again but I have no clue at all what the “assessment phase” of means and in what way the MCQs I do are “adaptive”.

Big 4 Audit Manager from Europe here to pass the CPA in the U.S. of A in 2014! Niiice!

AUD - 95 / Jul 15 / 130h over 4 weeks
FAR - 86 / Aug 14 / 240h over 4 weeks
(11 week break)

REG - 81 / Nov 14 / 200h over 4 weeks
BEC - 87 / Nov 17 / 30 h over 2.5 days

[jeff]

After you have done approx 35% of the questions, you will move into Adaptive Learning where is feeds you questions over your weaker areas more often.

This video may help as well: https://www.another71.com/introducing-ninja-mcq-adaptive-learning-technology/

[Anonymous]

@jeff–How do you get to the Review phase? Someone posted on here that you had to answer every question correctly at least once to get there, but I don't remember seeing confirmation of that. I can't view the video right now. Sorry.

[Amay]

@Mama did you ever find the answer to this elsewhere?

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Amay]

Never mind I found Jeff's response in another thread.

“the adaptive begins when you've done 35% of the questions…adaptive ends when you've answered everything correct at least once.”

https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/introducing-ninja-mcq-adaptive-learning-technology

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Anonymous]

I saw the answer in another thread too. I have 70 more Corporate Tax questions to answer correctly and then I'll be at 100% for every question, moving into the review phase of the Ninja MCQ. I also want to take a practice test after I do the 70 Corporate Tax questions and see what I need to focus on tomorrow. 3 days and counting.

[Amay]

Thant's awesome! Good job! 🙂 I won't make it to review phase for sure.

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Excel14]

I think I located my weak areas….all of them!

BEC (2/28/16) ----- 78
FAR (09/10/16)-----
AUD
REG

CIA, CGAP, CFE

[Anonymous]

I finally made it to the review stage. What the heck do I do now? Take a practice exam? Work on “trouble” questions?

[Amay]

What? No happy dance?

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Anonymous]

Nope–Some of those I only got right because I got it wrong 7 or 8 times first. My average score is only 60%. I still have a lot to learn before Saturday. I'm just not sure how to proceed to get the maximum benefit. I approached this test very differently than any of my other tests. I guess I'll just review my notes and work on the trouble areas and take my practice exam tomorrow morning after my husband leaves for work. I can't take an exam with him here moving around. Of course he was scheduled a day off one of the few times I take off work to study. Go figure. BTW–I hate basis and I keep forgetting to subtract/add the DRD. Oy vey!

[jeff]

Review Stage: 95+% of the time you should do autopilot (Adaptive Learning).

That said, if you reach the review stage and one category has a score that is 10% or more lower from the next lowest category, you might want to alternate and do one session of adaptive learning, and then the next session only in that category.

The software will focus more on the lower category anyway using adaptive learning, but from a mental standpoint getting the score up in the lowest category by doing focused sessions will be a confidence boost.

[Anonymous]

So–I should pick my lowest section (taxation of Individuals) and just choose a 30 question quiz without any criteria (trouble, etc) and focus on do those because the software is going to pick my trouble ones anyway, then move to my next lowest section? I know the goal is to get to 80% on each topic but considering I used the MCQ to learn the material and not just to quiz I have way too many early quizzes with really low scores to ever get my overall average up to 80% on any section. When you do it that way–how do you ever know if you reach 80% on a section for your current learning (within the last few weeks, not just the most recent sessions), without factoring in the really low stuff in the beginning?

[Amay]

@mama it's probably too late now but the question mark button on each question, if you click it, it allows you to answer the question without having it count towards your score (haven't tried it yet but I saw it on Jeff's video). What I would do now if I were you is go from weakest to strongest topic doing short quizzes. I would click on “all questions” and just measure where you are at by the results of these NEW quizzes you are doing. Forget what you have done up to now since, like you said, those results include your learning time.

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

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